Remembering to get Kennedy to brush her teeth?

Speaking of perfect… every once in awhile the creek freezes completely smoothly.It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it makes for the world’s longest skating track..

Being able to make childhood memories like this for Kennedy is one of the reasons I’m so glad we took the plunge and moved way out here..So it might be frigidly cold outside right now, but I guess Winter can be pretty neat too..Subscribe by email to receive free posts straight to your inbox, or follow along using any (or all!)

of the methods below!It was probably almost a year ago that Chris sent me a text from work one day with a picture of a desk.All it said was “You want this?” All I said was “Yes.

I guess it had been taking up space in the office somewhere and they had just decided to toss it in the dumpster and clear up some space..

It looked like this:.Step two: Get him to do it.. Ha!

OK, that really is what happened, but there’s a little more to it than that.. With a little bit of basic know-how and a decent saw, you can create all kinds of great looks with really basic materials from your local big box store.For example, the built-in book cases, which are made mostly from MDF, are trimmed out with basic 1/2″ strips of pine all around the front of the shelves for a more solid and up-to-date look.

Very inexpensive, but without that extra bit of trim, they would look cheap and flimsy, no matter how sturdy they are..Adding an extra little bit of really thin (and super cheap) crown molding at the tops really finishes them off and makes all the difference.. On a side note, if you’re wondering what’s up with the lighting in the room, we were having yet another overcast day when I found the time to snap these photos so I had the overhead lights on.